DESPORTES (Philippe). LES CL PSEAUMES DE DAVID mis en vers françois par Philippe DESPORTES [Followed by:] PRIERES ET MEDITATIONS CHRESTIENNES. By Philippe DESPORTES. Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1603. Two parts bound in one volume, in-12, polished fawn morocco fully decorated with gilded foliage and foliate decoration, large central finial with oval in reserve, gilded edges (Binding of the period); (2) ff. including title-frontispiece, 287 ff., (8) ff. table and (1) f. bl. - 23 ff. including title, (1) bl. f., 17 ff. and (1) f. table. Traces of clasps on boards, one corner dulled. FIRST FULL EDITION of religious verses by Philippe DESPORTES (1546-1606). Engraved frontispiece by Thomas de Leu. Fine copy in decorated contemporary binding. Expert: Mr. Eric CASTERAN, expert to the Toulouse Court of Appeal

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